We here at Diet Coke Anonymous share your pain, and can help you see that there are better things to drink than chemically bubbled water. Join us. We won't judge you, we all know how hard it is to give up the habit. But when you're ready, we'll help you move on, with our patented step program. The first step is to admit that coffee and tea are a higher power than diet coke. You will eventually see how much money you save on not purchasing brown bubbly chemicals in a can. After that, you will be free of your diet coke burden.

Actually, I'm highly impressed with your tidy nature since I'm willing to bet your "before" pic was actually taken "after". Considering it takes me 30-45 minutes just to decontaminate my husband's car when I want to borrow it (he can obtain your "after" photo in about 10 minutes!), I'm wondering... do you teach a class in that? ;)

Get yourself a plastic bin to toss all the bottles in. Will cost you maybe 5$ at walmart.Saves you having to get a bag or carry them like a dofus to the recycling stations and instead just lift it out like a boss.

looks like the trash can in my study area. i have the floor essentially coated with 24 oz diet dew bottles and atleast a dozen coffee cups because I forget to bring it upstairs to get more. 7 days and 5 exams of hell week left.

Yep. That's about right for a weekend on call. You should see my floor....Every other week or so I drive 3-4 hours to rural/frontier western Kansas to do ER/clinic locums for 5-7 days. You can imagine.

Forget the "artininal" cloth bags and the oh-so macho bins. And forget recycling altogether. With all the plastic used IN the hospital (not in the Yak herder's car) it is obvious the medical community is not into saving the planet. (the people, not the planet ...)Simply get a plastic bag from the kosher (or not kosher) grocery store, place one handle around the grearshift (hmmmm ... does the Grumpymobile have a gear shift? Most garbage trucks do ...) or the parking brake (most go WHAAAAAA THAAAA???) handle and toss away. Remove and repeat as needed. Cheap and one more use for the Grumpy plastic trash bags. And even if Mrs. Grumpy, smart woman she is carries home her groceries in a reusuable bag, Our Favorite Yak Herder can get one when he stops at the store for Reeses.

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